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- The Ramapo Mountains
- jjaisli
As the title says. 
There's nothing particularly exciting or interesting about this video. And I don't think it really conveys what a great feeling I had while making the run and recording it. <bliss> 
But I figured I would post it all the same.
This was done live, after making two practice runs, off-line, no assists, ABS set to 0 with bias of 4/1, grip level set to real and using Sport Soft tires (which I think are much more realistic and representative of the level of grip 'racing tires' from the 1960s would have offered. The car is fully broken in but otherwise stock, aside from a few minor suspension and down force adjustments. I was using a G27 and utilized the H-pattern shifter and clutch, which alone compromised my lap time and it unsettles the car on downshifts unless you heel-toe just right. Which I sometimes managed.
The XJ13 comes with Racing Hard tires. But I suggest you buy a set of Sports Softs just to give it a go. It really changes the experience of driving this car. They still have plenty of grip but you REALLY have to concentrate when you're giving full throttle in the first 3 gears, if the wheel is anything other than perfectly straight.
It's tricky but very, very enjoyable.
I wasn't really trying to set the ultimate lap and the first recording I made was much more spectacular, driving on the limit with a lot of oversteer, sliding, corrections, over-corrections, etc, but it ended in a massive wipe-out after braking too late and getting off line at the end of the Doettinger straight.
So on this run, I took it a bit easy, but I still tried to drive 'very quickly'. And yet, I still managed to make a few minor errors. (The least of which was turning off the HUD but forgetting to turn off the track map). 
I didn't realize until I was almost done.
So there it is. Enjoy:
Cockpit view:
[YOUTUBEhd]jV_PGssRkmo[/YOUTUBEhd]
Free cam:
[YOUTUBEhd]JaYOzWauAx8[/YOUTUBEhd]
There's nothing particularly exciting or interesting about this video. And I don't think it really conveys what a great feeling I had while making the run and recording it. <bliss> But I figured I would post it all the same.This was done live, after making two practice runs, off-line, no assists, ABS set to 0 with bias of 4/1, grip level set to real and using Sport Soft tires (which I think are much more realistic and representative of the level of grip 'racing tires' from the 1960s would have offered. The car is fully broken in but otherwise stock, aside from a few minor suspension and down force adjustments. I was using a G27 and utilized the H-pattern shifter and clutch, which alone compromised my lap time and it unsettles the car on downshifts unless you heel-toe just right. Which I sometimes managed.
The XJ13 comes with Racing Hard tires. But I suggest you buy a set of Sports Softs just to give it a go. It really changes the experience of driving this car. They still have plenty of grip but you REALLY have to concentrate when you're giving full throttle in the first 3 gears, if the wheel is anything other than perfectly straight.
It's tricky but very, very enjoyable.I wasn't really trying to set the ultimate lap and the first recording I made was much more spectacular, driving on the limit with a lot of oversteer, sliding, corrections, over-corrections, etc, but it ended in a massive wipe-out after braking too late and getting off line at the end of the Doettinger straight.
So on this run, I took it a bit easy, but I still tried to drive 'very quickly'. And yet, I still managed to make a few minor errors. (The least of which was turning off the HUD but forgetting to turn off the track map). I didn't realize until I was almost done. So there it is. Enjoy:
Cockpit view:
[YOUTUBEhd]jV_PGssRkmo[/YOUTUBEhd]
Free cam:
[YOUTUBEhd]JaYOzWauAx8[/YOUTUBEhd]
